Preparedness response and communications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responder communications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 national interoperable baseline survey, there is a, quote, direct correlation between effective communications, interoperatedability and First Responders ability to save lives, end quote. In my hometown of new york city we know this all too well. Both the first both the office of Emergency Communications and First Responder Network Authority were established in the wake of the communication failures of 9 11 and later in hurricane katrina. We have made a great deal of progress since those fateful disasters. States and localities have invested billions of dollars in their Communications Networks, including
From the storm could continue through the weekend. Many people believe the hurricane is over. That at this moment, there are people who are being rescued from their rooftops. There are people being rescued from floods. Reporter pulled from homes ripped open by the wind, pieces twisted and tossed aside. Trees and power poles snapped, wires tangled like yarn. There is no electricity on the island right now. And little, if any, running water. I think we have to understand the gravity of the situation. The infrastructure of puerto rico is so weak that its going to take a really long time. Reporter the airport has opened but only for military and other rescue and relief missions. Help desperately needed here. The human spirit is going to have to rise up real high. Reporter tapping into that strength as maria reintensifies and hits other islands. Nbc 10 news. There is still virtually no communication from victims of Hurricane Maria in puerto rico to their relatives hooer in the delaware vall
A building after a judges decision setting off a violent clash with police. Announcer nbc 10 news starts now. When somebody disrespects our flag, get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. Hes fired. Hes fired. The statement protesting the players of the National Anthem shifts the field. President trump continued with a twitter tirade today against certain players from the nfl to the nba. But he was also quickly met with quick responses from athletes, commissioners and owners. Nbc 10 Andrea Cline Thomas is live outside lincoln field in south philadelphia. Right now that focus is off the field. Reporter thats right, denise. The focus is on twitter to be more spusk. Thats where the focus is and even the critics are weighing in. And again today on twitter President Trump called on nfl owners to fire players who protest during the National Anthem. Nfl owners across the league responded including eagles chairman and ceo jeffrey lurie. I think it represents now, the times were in n
Than what youre saying. Well talk about it. All right. Welcome to good day on this sunday, september 24th. Scott lets start things off in the weather department. Absolutely a lot going on. Of course we got the big eagles game taking place at the linc later on this afternoon weather by the numbers scale of one to ten, another ten but it will be hot temperatures by this afternoon topping out in the low 90s. Live look right now along the parkway. Were dry, were quiet but those temperatures already this morning in the low 70s. 71 degrees right now. Humidity at 68 . The humidity that will creep up later on today along with those temperatures. So right now, low 60s down the shore. 61 degrees in wildwood. 61 atlantic city. We have 61 degrees in pottstown. Low 60s colonelly in the Lehigh Valley but get ready for that heat pump all because of the jet stream pattern. A dip in the west thats where we have the trough but in the east, we have that ridge so High Temperatures upper 80s to low 90s. So
Susan collins said she leans no. Theres also additional i a lot of bee searching and wondering about the vote of Lisa Murkowski. But this mccain is out it looks like this thing may be dead or almost dead. Republicans have a few more days. They have another week ultimately to cook Something Else up but it does not look good for them. Well have more ahead tonight including what i think led to this latest failure by the republicans. Heres another piece of news that arose unexpectedly today. Starting this afternoon individual states started putting out out of the blue statements about whether or not theyre election infrastructure had been hacked during the election by the russians. All these different states started one by one making declarations as to whether or not that happened to them this past year. We really didnt know what to make of it. We started to see the statements coming in. We didnt know why it was happening today until god bless wisconsin. The wisconsin statement finally exp